Years ago I used to take part in Newcastle’s Great North Run, that annual 13-mile “fun run” where you collapse over the finish line wondering how on earth anybody could turn round and jog all the way back, for the full distance. My highlight was beating an ex-Marine from my gym (well, he told me… Mock-doc Marathon trailer hoping to raise some snickers Read More
It’s a wrap! Apple Plus TV limited series The Shrink Next Door gets a teaser
The series explores how a seemingly normal doctor-patient dynamic morphs into an exploitative relationship filled with manipulation, power grabs, and dysfunction at its finest. Apple TV+ has unveiled a first look at the highly anticipated, eight-episode limited series The Shrink Next Door, featuring a star-studded cast led by Will Ferrell in a terrible wig and… It’s a wrap! Apple Plus TV limited series The Shrink Next Door gets a teaser Read More
That Cruella ending (and beginning)
To misquote Bananarama it’s a Cruella, Cruella summer. (My review is here.) First of all let’s start at the end. There is a mid-credits scene which sees Cruella (for she is Estella no longer) have two dalmatian puppies delivered: they are the offspring of one of the dogs she kidnapped from the Baroness after one… That Cruella ending (and beginning) Read More
Cruella 3 stars
Prequel covering the rebellious early days of one of cinemas most notorious – and notoriously fashionable – villains, the legendary Cruella de Vil. Cruella may be all fur coat and no knickers but it’s also bouncy fun with bite, as we are blessed with the two best Emmas (sorry Hermione and Baby Spice) fighting it… Cruella Read More
The horror! Something else I’ve been mispronouncing for literally my whole life
And if that sounds like hyperbole, can I point out that hyperbole is probably one of the few words I have been pronouncing correctly (hi-PERR-bol-ee, bol-eev it or not). “We are so much more than our names,” purrs Gerard Butler’s lusty count sexily in Dracula 2000. I mention him because, well, I always do if… The horror! Something else I’ve been mispronouncing for literally my whole life Read More
Robin Robin goes a-robbin’ in Aardman’s upcoming Christmas special — watch the teaser now
“A Christmas classic in the making”, Robin Robin is a 30-minute, stop motion musical holiday special from Aardman, starring Gillian Anderson and Richard E Grant. When her egg fortuitously rolls into a rubbish dump, Robin is raised by a loving family of mice. As she grows up, her differences become more apparent. Robin sets off… Robin Robin goes a-robbin’ in Aardman’s upcoming Christmas special — watch the teaser now Read More
Cannes Film Festival 2021 — the poster!
The74th festival is all set to go ahead between 6 and 17 July this year. Spike Lee is the Cannes jury president, and he features — along with some palm trees — on the black and white poster. Here’s what the festival has to say about Lee and their poster: For the immense impatience to finally… Cannes Film Festival 2021 — the poster! Read More
TRAILER: No business like sow business — Nicolas Cage’s prize truffle-hunter pig is stolen in PIG
*** Read my five-star review and article here *** “We don’t get a lot of things to really care about.” When I heard there was a Nicolas Cage film coming out about a talented pig, I did wonder if, like that famous dog on ’80s British TV show That’s Life, it could say “sausages” —… TRAILER: No business like sow business — Nicolas Cage’s prize truffle-hunter pig is stolen in PIG Read More
NEW Green Knight poster and Sir Gawain is on a mission
I love it, but is there perhaps a German word for how your brain feels when the word for a colour is written in another colour? Because that’s how I feel right now. Let’s face it, the knights of King Arthur’s round table were starting to look a bit wet, so it’s good to see… NEW Green Knight poster and Sir Gawain is on a mission Read More
Greenland gets a sequel, which is sure to be a sm(ash)
Sadly they’re calling it Greenland: Migration rather than Greenland: Genesis, but I couldn’t be more excited, even though the first film — triumph of the human spirit notwithstanding — is one of the saddest movies I’ve sat through (about five times now!) Also, to all those naysayers questioning how you can do a sequel set in… Greenland gets a sequel, which is sure to be a sm(ash) Read More
Keeping the dream alive: that Dream Horse ending
The film’s ending, and what happened to the real Dream Alliance. (Read my three-star review here.) In Dream Alliance’s initial races he gradually moves up the finishers, as Jan collects newspaper articles and owners’ badges from each race meeting. Eventually he comes first in the King Edward Challenge Cup at Newbury, winning £26,250. Before one… Keeping the dream alive: that Dream Horse ending Read More
Dream Horse 3 stars
Jan Vokes, a cleaner and bartender, recruits her initially reluctant husband Brian and local accountant Howard Davies to help her bring together a syndicate of local people to breed a foal – which they name Dream Alliance. There is a lot to love about Dream Horse, not least its Tunnocks Teacakes product placement (Americans —… Dream Horse Read More
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